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Trick-or-treating is the best part of Halloween. Kids dress up as whatever they want and go door-to-door, receiving pounds upon pounds of candy. It’s loud and fun — everything childhood should be.
But each October, parents start to panic, becoming more hesitant to let their child go trick-or-treating. They obsess over checking candy for drugs and weapons, they follow their kid door-to-door and they constantly remind them to watch out for strangers. These precautions are reasonable — to an extent…